Are the stem cells made with the SCNT process the same thing as an embryo?
No. The stem cells made with SCNT are a microscopic group of a few dozen undifferentiated cells in a lab dish. SCNT stem cells are made with the DNA from a patient’s own cell, like a skin cell, and a donated, unfertilized egg that has had its own nucleus removed. SCNT does not involve the fertilization of an egg by a sperm and its medical uses do not involve the implantation of a fertilized egg or anything else into a woman’s uterus.
